About

Jim Rankin Meat’s started out as Carpenter Quality Meats.In 1956 Ira Carpenter bought a small hardware store from Ray Collins and converted it into a butcher shop. As his helpers he had his son Robert Carpenter
and his son-in-law William Rankin. After a few years of building up the business a restless Ira sold the meat shop to his daughter and son-in-law Bill & Mary Rankin. Ira was starting another business endeavor by opening a ski lodge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula